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Washington Street construction to begin MondayChicago TribuneCrews are scheduled to begin a water main installation project on July 8 that will impact traffic along Washington Street. The work will take place in several locations on Washington Street – just south of Martin Avenue, west of Fredenhagen Park, 420 S.

Oklahoma City Public Schools approves annual contractsNewsOK.com$10 million to Commercial Roofing Inc. for roof repairs. $7 million to ... $2 million to Independent Insurance Agents of Greater Oklahoma City for property and casualty insurance. ... $100,000 to American Elevator Service for elevator inspections and ...

Voice of San DiegoThe Other Developer DonationVoice of San DiegoOn March 14, Emerald's office sent Filner a memo demanding that construction of Centrepoint be stopped. • On March 22, San Diego's chief building officer sent the developers an email informing them an “administrative hold” had been placed on the ...

KSHBLIST: New laws in Missouri for 2013KSHBThe descriptions were provided by his office. Senate Bill 69, which authorizes Department of Social ... These two pieces of legislation also strengthen existing laws protecting property owners from predatory lenders. Senate Bill 252, which, among its ...

Editorial: Christchurch penalty a lesson for all councilsNew Zealand HeraldInternational Accreditation New Zealand (IANZ), a Crown agency that assesses the competence of inspection bodies, has revoked the council's accreditation as a building consents authority. The council was given due warning a month ago that this could ...

Housing Bounce Helps Lift Construction SpendingForbesOn Monday, the Commerce Department said U.S. construction spending rose 0.5% in May, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $874.9 billion, compared to a 0.1% increase in April. The increase came on the heels of a 1.2% increase in private residential ...

Pipeline Conglomerate Buys Contractor BrindersonEngineering News Record (subscription)“What most attracted us to Brinderson, was its successful transformation from a project-based construction business into a much stronger maintenance service oriented company,” Burgess said. Aegion confirms that Brinderson senior management will remain ...

Doorsteps launches lender toolInman.comDoorsteps, an online tool that provides first-time homebuyers a detailed, step-by-step guide to the homebuying process and agents a way to reach them, has launched a new tool that allows lenders to engage users through the platform. “We were finding ...

Commercial Real Estate: Specialty contractor plans Mare Island plantNorth Bay Business JournalBut as of July 1, commercial real estate leases must state whether the property has been inspected for ADA violations and, if so, what the inspection found. Inspections must be performed by a state-certified access specialist, or CASp, but owners aren ...

US Construction Spending up 0.5 Percent in MayABC NewsPrivate residential construction rose 1.2 percent to the highest level since October 2008, further evidence of a rebound in housing. Spending on nonresidential projects fell 1.4 percent, dragged lower by declines in office building and the category ...

Property owners, city learning from 2012 derechoThisWeekNewsTom McCarthy, who owns a building just down the street at 127 W. Fifth St., said the storm caused a lot of business owners to take a look around and see what might need attention. "I'm looking at my building different," McCarthy said. The storm ...

Brett M. DupuyThe Louisiana RecordGRETNA – A home inspector is being sued by a couple who purchased a home that allegedly had significant plumbing damage despite an inspection that did not reveal the damage. Robert Deblois and Gina Stansbury filed suit against All American Home ...